We strolled to the dining pavilion, past a group of satyrs having a meeting concerning wild places and "The Great God Pan". I didn't care much, but Tabbatha eyed them suspiciously. I didn't understand why until I noticed what the goat people were holding: coffee.

Tabbatha is a coffee addict. She sneaks out of the camp borders once a week to stack up on coffee beans and visit Starbucks. I was sure she was about to karate chop the satyr when I pulled her away. "No," I told her, flicking her on the nose.

Tabbatha rolled her eyes. "What, can you, like, see the future?"

"Yes," I said, getting into yoga postion and holding out my hands. "I see you getting high on coffee in the near future."

"Some psychic you are," she scoffed. "I do that every day."

"Whatever," I said, standing up. "Come on, I need food unless you want me to suck your blood."

"Oh," she said, "Now you're Edward Cullen."

"No," I said, "Everyone knows that he only drinks the blood of cows!"

"Pssh," answered Tabbatha with a dimissive wave of her had. "Whatever."

I shook my head and started going to the dining pavillion, dreaming of a muffin that I would have for breakfast. Tabbatha looked ike she needed her morningly dose of coffee, and believe me, things get bad when Tabbatha doesn't have coffee. We sat down amongst the mix of kids.

Most of the Hermes kids were blonde, some had brown hair, but I was the only one with black hair. I only knew of Demeter kids who had raven black hair like mine, but I knew for a fact I was not a child of Demeter. I can't actually grow flowers with a lazy wave of my hand. I felt so out of place, and I was crossing my fingers in hope that I wasn't a child of a minor god. How embarrassing that would be! Tabbatha had it easy; she was claimed two weeks after we got here.

Hermes got to go to the buffet table first because we won capture the flag last night, thanks to Tabbatha. She had gotten the flag across the line by sticking git on an arrow and shooting into my helmet, which, I might add, caused alot of blood and tears, but nothing serious. She had hit it in the least damaging place. If it had been anyone else shooting the arrow, even and Apollo kid, I would've protested, but Tabbatha had the best aim that anyone had ever seen. It was strange, because I ahd never seen any child of Hermes so good with a bow and arrow. I have a messed up friend.

Tabbatha snapped her fingers in front of my face. "Earth to Phoebe. Come in Phoebe," she said with her hand over her mouth.

"Whoops," I said, looking around. "Sorry, I was having a flashback."

Tabbatha shook her head as if I were hopeless, than made her way to the fire. I quickly loaded my plate up with A chocolate chip muffin and choclate chip waffles, and a glass of chocolate milk. I'm a chocolate addict, in case you didn't notice.

I quickly stumbled next to Tabbatha as she sacrficed half her breakfast into the fire. "Hi dad," she said. Just her saying that made me sad, because I wanted to talk to my mom. Whoever she was.

When I was in front of the fire, I was tearing up. I want my mom, so I made a larger sacrfice than usual. "Please," I whispered, "Whoever you are. Give me a sign, mom. Let me know you're there."

I got what I asked for, but I never expected it to happen. Down from the heavens swooped an eagle. It was a golden eagle with shimmering bronze feathers. All movement on the pavillion stopped. This was the eagle of Zeus.

Everyone was staring at it, but the thing zeroed in on me. It screeched and dove. I, of course, was frozen... until it smashed into my head and tried to rip out my eyes. That made me realize the horrible truth: This thing was trying to kill me.

I pulled out my sword, and tried to fend it off, but I fell back. My sword skidded away to underneath a table, and I was defenseless. I closed my eyes and hugged my knees to my chest. I was the same scared child that I had been 6 years ago, and I was about to be a child in the underworl, dying at Zeus's hand. No one moved around me... except for Tabbatha.

She pulled out her bow and arrow and shot with deadly accuracy. She had struck the thing in the heart. It went flailing, trying to remove the arrow. That was when I jumped up and grabbed my sword. As it panicked, it flew by me. I shut my eyes and swung. There was anoise the sounded like paper being torn, and then dead silence.

I opened my eyes. Laying at my feet was the large bronze eagle, divided in two. Zeus's symbol of power had been killed. And now, I was enemy #1 of the God of all gods.

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Tabbatha- Ooh, scary.

Phoebe- Cliffhanger. Not good.

Tabbatha- We'll update, but you gotta give us something in return.

Phoebe- So move you're mouse down.

Tabbatha- And now go to the left, to the left, to the left, to the left.

Phoebe- To the right, to the right, to the right, to the right.

Tabbatha- FREESTYLE

Both- (Random dancing)